Computational systems and methods for identifying a communications partner

• US 9,167,099 B2
• Filed: 12/02/2011
• Issued: 10/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Dyor, Matthew G., Malamud, Mark A., Huang, Xuedong, Nadella, Satya, Gates, William, Myhrvold, Nathan P., Hyde, Roderick A., Reed, Daniel, Jung, Edward K. Y., Shum, Harry, Kare, Jordin T., Tegreene, Clarence T., Levien, Royce A., Wood, JR., Lowell L., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Davis, Marc E., Lu, Qi
• Primary Examiner(s): LEMMA, SAMSON B
• Application Number:
  US13/373,871
• Publication Number:
  US 20130059572A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,418 Days
• Field of Search: 713/150, 713/168, 455/415, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 379/142.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/655 Combination of telephone service and social networking messaging within social networks H04L51/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/128 Details of addressing, directories or routing tables

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network; disambiguating the at least one search term including associating the at least one search term with at least one of network-participation identifier data or device-identifier data; and presenting the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication;

associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile; and

presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the detecting fraudulent activity, wherein at least one of the accepting, associating, or presenting is at least partially implemented using at least one processing device.

2. A system, comprising:

means for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least means for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication;

means for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least means for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile; and

means for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least means for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the means for detecting fraudulent activity.

3. A system, comprising:

circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication;

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile; and

circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on a unique identifier associated with an inter-service-provider directory of unique identifiers, the unique identifier at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on a unique identifier associated with an inter-service-provider directory of unique identifiers, the unique identifier being at least one of a database record or a distributed database record including at least (i) one unique value and (ii) at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on a unique identifier associated with an inter-service-provider directory of unique identifiers, the unique identifier being a database record accessible by at least one of a subscriber database, a cross-carrier subscriber database, a telecommunications carrier database, or an identity database.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for detecting the fraudulent activity at least partly based on a search of an inter-service-provider directory of unique identifiers using a unique identifier at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data as a search term, the search of the inter-service-provider of unique identifiers operable to return at least some data related to a wireless network carrier associated with the unique identifier, the at least some data related to the wireless network carrier compared with the at least one accepted mobile network identifier to determine the fraudulent activity.

8. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on a search of an inter-service-provider directory using at least a portion of the at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data as a search term.

9. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication received by a smartphone with a sender profile stored on the smartphone at least partly based on the at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data.

10. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting the at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one indication of at least one name of at least one wireless carrier as the at least one mobile network identifier.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting the at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one indication of at least one name of at least one wireless carrier as the at least one mobile network identifier and circuitry for accepting at least some Caller ID information including at least one purported telephone number associated with at least one sending device as at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier.

12. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for detecting the fraudulent activity at least partly based on;

circuitry for searching an inter-service-provider directory to determine at least wireless carrier at least partly based on at least some Caller ID information including at least one purported telephone number associated with at least one sending device accepted with the at least one telephone communication;

circuitry for relating the determined at least one wireless carrier to the accepted at least one mobile network identifier; and

circuitry for signaling fraudulent activity at least partly based on the relating the determined at least one wireless carrier to the accepted at least one mobile network identifier.

13. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least one telephone communication on at least one of a mobile telecommunications device, a mobile telephone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a laptop computer, a fixed-line telephone, a desktop computer, or a networked television.

14. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for receiving at least one telephone communication carried at least partially by at least one of a voice-over-internet-protocol telephone service, a packet-switched network, a circuit-switched network, or a hybrid circuit and packet-switched network.

15. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of at least one mobile phone telecommunications network.

16. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one purported member of a network.

17. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, wherein membership in the network is assumed at least partly based on at least some Caller Name ID information accepted in conjunction with accepting the at least one telephone communication.

18. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one of a voice telephone communication or a video telephone communication from at least one member of a network.

19. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with one or more of at least one social network membership list, at least one social network username, at least one social network profile picture, at least one mutual friend list, at least one social networking website-posted items, at least one email address, at least one list of shared contacts, at least one list of usernames, at least one list of online personas, at least one list of aliases, or at least one web address for at least one blog.

20. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a history of interactions with a recipient of the at least one telephone communication, the history of interactions including at least one of an excerpted history of interactions with a recipient of the at least one telephone communication, a recent history of interactions with a recipient of the at least one telephone communication, or a history of interactions with a recipient of the at least one telephone communication that is keyed to a specific topic.

21. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on device identifier data associated with at least one of a sender of the at least one telephone communication or a device associated with initiating the at least one telephone communication, the device identifier data associated with at least one of subscriber identity module data, integrated circuit card identifier data, mobile equipment identifier data, international mobile subscriber identity data, or electronic serial number data.

22. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on a unique identifier associated with at least one device descriptor accepted in associated with accepting the at least one telephone communication.

23. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on a device descriptor accepted in associated with accepting the at least one telephone communication, the device descriptor associated with at least one of a device name, a device brand, a device model, a device location, or at least one designation of at least one of mobile phone, computer, or television.

24. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on a device descriptor accepted in associated with accepting the at least one telephone communication, the device descriptor associated with at least one of a manufacturer of a sender device, geographical information about a sender device, or a description of a network that a sender device is using, the description of a network that a sender device is using including at least one of a packet-switched network, a circuit-switched network, a local network, or a cellular telecommunications network.

25. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity comprises:

circuitry for displaying an indication on a display of a smartphone accepting the at least one telephone communication the at least one indication of fraudulent activity concurrent with displaying information related to the at least one telephone communication.

26. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity comprises:

circuitry for sending information regarding the fraudulent activity from a server effected by a wireless network associated with a receiving device accepting the at least one telephone communication, including at least sending information operable to display an indication regarding the fraudulent activity on the receiving device in association with an indication of the accepted at least one telephone communication.

27. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a mobile phone telecommunications network, wherein membership in the mobile phone telecommunications network is assumed at least partly based on at least some Caller Name ID information indicative of a name of at least one of a wireless network carrier or a mobile phone telecommunications network accepted in conjunction with accepting the at least one telephone communication.

28. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprise:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with one or more of at least one social network membership list, at least one social network username, at least one social network profile picture, or at least one email address at least partly based on a unique identifier associated with an inter-service-provider directory of unique identifiers, the unique identifier at least partly based on a sender'"'"'s telephone number or a sender'"'"'s Caller Name ID as the network-participation identifier data.

29. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity comprise:

circuitry for presenting on a mobile device at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication.

30. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one of a voice telephone communication or a video telephone communication from at least one member of a network.

31. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication at a mobile device, the accepted at least one telephone communication associated with at least one member of a network, including at least accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with a mobile network initiating the at least one telephone communication; and

wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises;

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile stored on the mobile device at least partly based on at least one of Caller ID information or Caller Name ID information associated with the accepted at least one telephone communication at the mobile device, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with a wireless telecommunications account at least partly indicated by the sender profile stored on the mobile device via at least comparing at least one mobile network identifier accepted in conjunction with accepting the at least one telecommunication with at least some information obtained at least partly via a lookup of an inter-service-provider directory using a phone number associated with the sender profile; and

wherein circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity comprises;

circuitry for displaying at least one indication of the detected fraudulent activity on the mobile device in conjunction with displaying at least some information related to the accepted at least one telephone communication.

32. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity comprises:

circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for signaling a mobile device from the telecommunications carrier to present at least a portion of the sender profile and at least one indication of the detected fraudulent activity on the mobile device in association with the mobile device receiving the at least one telephone communication at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity.

33. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for determining at least one identifier indicative of at least one mobile network associated with the accepted at least one telephone communication at least partly based on at least one sending device descriptor accepted in association with the accepted at least one telephone communication;

circuitry for obtaining at least one identifier indicative of at least one known network carrier at least partly based on a sender profile associated with the sender'"'"'s device-identifier data, the sender'"'"'s device-identifier data accepted in association with the accepted at least one telephone communication;

circuitry for comparing the determined at least one identifier indicative of at least one mobile network with the obtained at least one identifier indicative of at least one known network carrier; and

circuitry for signaling a detected hacking of a sending device related to the sender'"'"'s device-identifier data at least partly based on the comparing the determined at least one identifier indicative of at least one mobile network with the obtained at least one identifier indicative of at least one known network carrier.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein circuitry for signaling a detected hacking of a sending device related to the at least one sender profile at least partly based on the comparing the determined at least one mobile network with the obtained at least one identifier indicative of at least one known network carrier comprises:

circuitry for recording a security alert in the at least one sender profile associated with the accepted at least one telephone communication.

35. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication, the circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile, and the circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity are effected in at least one of a cellular phone or a smartphone.

36. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication, the circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile, and the circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity are effected in at least one remote system associated with at least one of a wireless network carrier, a telecommunications carrier, or a mobile network provider.

37. The system of claim 3, wherein the circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication, the circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile, and the circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity are effected in at least one cloud-based system.

38. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with at least one sender profile at least partly based on at least one of at least some Caller ID information indicative of at least one telephone number associated with a sender of the at least one telephone communication or at least some Caller Name ID information indicative of a name associated with the sender of the at least one telephone communication.

39. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises:

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender, the at least one mobile network identifier of the sender including at least at least one name of at least one wireless carrier having been placed in the sender profile.

40. The system of claim 3, wherein circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication from at least one member of a network, including at least circuitry for accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with the at least one telephone communication comprises:

circuitry for accepting at least one telephone communication at a remote server operated by a wireless network carrier, the accepted at least one telephone communication associated with at least one member of a network, including at least accepting at least one mobile network identifier associated with a mobile network initiating the at least one telephone communication; and

wherein circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile at least partly based on at least one of a sender'"'"'s device-identifier data or a sender'"'"'s network-participation identifier data, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile via at least comparing at least one accepted mobile network identifier with at least one mobile network identifier of the sender profile comprises;

circuitry for associating the at least one telephone communication with a sender profile stored on the remote server operated by a wireless network carrier at least partly based on at least one of Caller ID information or Caller Name ID information associated with the accepted at least one telephone communication at the remote server operated by a wireless network carrier, including at least circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity associated with a wireless telecommunications account at least partly indicated by the sender profile stored on the remote server operated by a wireless network carrier via at least comparing at least one mobile network identifier accepted in conjunction with accepting the at least one telecommunication with at least some information obtained at least partly via a lookup of an inter-service-provider directory using a phone number associated with the sender profile; and

wherein circuitry for presenting at least a portion of the sender profile in association with the at least one telephone communication, including at least circuitry for presenting, in conjunction with the sender profile, at least one indication of fraudulent activity associated with the sender profile at least partially in response to the circuitry for detecting fraudulent activity comprises;

circuitry for providing at least one security alert by the remote server operated by a wireless network carrier in association with the detected fraudulent activity.